Kerang railway station
Kerang | |||||||||||||
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| PTV regional rail station | |||||||||||||
 Southbound view from platform looking at the station building, June 2015 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Boundary Street, Kerang, Victoria 3579 Shire of Gannawarra Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°43′59″S 143°55′27″E / 35.7330°S 143.9243°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | V/Line | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Swan Hill (Piangil) | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 288.89 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Coach | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 10 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational, unstaffed | ||||||||||||
| Station code | KER | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki not available. Paper ticket only. | ||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 25 October 1884 | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
Two daily services in both directions
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Kerang railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Kerang, and it opened on 25 October 1884.[1]
History
[edit]Kerang opened on 25 October 1884. On 30 May 1890, the line was extended to Swan Hill.[1] The station, like the township itself, was named after an Aboriginal word meaning moon or an edible root vegetable.[2]
Kerang was once the junction station of the former railway lines to Stony Crossing and Koondrook, both closing in 1961 and 1976 respectively.
A number of sidings opposite the station were removed in 1991.[3]
In late 1993 and 1994, the station was operated by the former Borough of Kerang through a lease agreement with the Public Transport Corporation, after the station was de-staffed in August 1993.[4] The borough assumed control of the station on 13 December 1993, however withdrew from the agreement on 30 June 1994, due to low ticket sales and operation costs.[4]
The station platform was reconstructed and resurfaced in January 2019.[5]
Disused station Macorna is located between Kerang and Pyramid, while demolished station Lake Boga was located between Kerang and Swan Hill.
Kerang train crash
[edit]On 5 June 2007, a fatal crash occurred between a train and a semi-trailer at the Murray Valley Highway level crossing, north of Kerang. Eleven people died, all of whom were passengers.
Platforms and services
[edit]Kerang has one platform. It is serviced by twice daily V/Line Swan Hill line services to Southern Cross and Swan Hill.[6]
Platform 1:
- Swan Hill line services to Southern Cross and Swan Hill
Transport links
[edit]V/Line operates a road coach service between Bendigo and Swan Hill/Mildura via Kerang station.[6][7]
Gallery
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Station building and entrance, June 2015
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kerang Vicsig
- ^ "Kerang". Victorian Places. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1991. p. 187.
- ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1994. p. 251.
- ^ "New station platform at Kerang takes shape". V/Line - Regional public transport for Victoria. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ a b Swan Hill - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Mildura - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
[edit]- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au